Updated Thursday 10:30 a.m.
The water main break was repaired by 4 p.m. Wednesday and did not impact evening rush-hour traffic, according to a Prince William Service Authority spokesman.
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Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Residents are expected to gather Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
The Prince William County Human Rights Commission will celebrate “Universal Human Rights Day” at a special breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 18, at the McCoart Government Building in Woodbridge at 9 a.m.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in Woodbridge are still working to determine the cause of a crash that killed a man from Florida.
More in a police press release:
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Supervisor Peter Candland says he wants some of the county’s business to be conducted later and for it to me more transparent.
Candland, who represents Prince William County’s Gainesville District, penned a letter to his fellow Board officials advocating for votes on issues to be taken at the Board’s 7:30 p.m. sessions instead of their 2 p.m. meetings, which are regularly scheduled on Tuesdays.
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WOODBRIDGE,Va. – The Stafford Hospital Community Benefit Fund has donated $20,000 to the ACTS charity of Prince William County.
The money will be used to fund suicide prevention.
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· Good morning – in celebration of the Martin Luther King Holiday weekend, please join the wonderful folks at Leesylvania State Park assemble care packages for soldiers. This event is in partnership with Operation Home Front. Donations of phone cards, baby wipes, tooth brushes, cameras and such will be collected and then assembled into individual packages for the troops. This is the perfect way to celebrate their service with a few goodies from you. This all takes place on Saturday January 18th from 11am-3pm at the Visitor Center. Please visit operationhomefront.net for more info.
· The super teen volunteers with the Joe 15 team are having their 7th Annual Blood Drive on Saturday January 25th from 9am-2:30pm. Please give the gift of life and support these great kids by scheduling your appointment at: redcrossblood.org/make-donation and enter sponsor code: 05312539
Go to Call to Action: Care Packages for Soldiers Being Assembled at Leesylvania State Park
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — More firefighting training could soon take place in Woodbridge.
Officials are working on a $260,000 plan to create a collapse training center behind OWL Volunteer Fire Station 12 on Montgomery Avenue. Firefighters, both volunteer and career members from across Prince William County, would be able learn what to do when a vehicle collides into a building or a house, promoting rescue crews to be called to a “building collapse” situation. During these scenarios, temporary support beams must be put in place to prevent the remainder of the building from collapsing.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — An old Burger King restaurant at 14120 Jefferson Davis Highway that sat empty for years in Woodbridge is getting a new tenant.
Now it will become a TitleMax loans, joining several other TitleMax locations where borrows can get money by borrowing against their car title.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — There’s a new millionaire in Woodbridge.
A $1 million winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Occoquan Road as part of the Virginia Lottery’s New Year’s Millionaires Raffle. It was one of three million-dollar tickets sold in the raffle – the others were sold at an Exxon near Winchester and another at an Apple Market in South Boston.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A cat found in Woodbridge tested positive for rabies.
The animal was found in the Powell’s Landing Circle area in the Port Potomac neighborhood off U.S. 1.